Wall construction.



J. DAVEY. WALL CONSTRUCTION, APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1908.

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J. DAVEY. WALL CONSTRUCTION, APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1903.

L 1 9 1 00 2 F d 6 Lb n w a P WITNESSES Jhn BY ATTORNEY JOHN DAVEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WALL CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

Application filed July 10, 1908. Serial No. 40:2,939.

To all whom it may concern:

lle it known that I, JOHN DAVEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of Xew York, have invented new and useful liuprowmeuts in lVall Construction, of which the following is a specification.

lhis invention relates to plastic wall construction including a well known form of reinforce such as common foraminous metal or suitable wire netting and a supporting frame therefor adapted to be attached to the lathing and constructed of common well known stock material of a form to permit of its attachment to lathing sections of different'lengths and of a form which will permit of its being attached to elements of the wall structure such as the floors and ceilings or windows and doors.

Another object of the invention is to provide a form of supporting frame for the lathing which will hold the frame in a position to permit of the plastic material being arranged at both sides of the lathing, the lathing being secured to the frame in a manner to hold the plastic material against lateral sagging; or breaking and the construction of the frame being such that the weight of the plastic material while being taken up laterally by the lathing will not be wholly supported thereby, thus obviating the common objection in structures of this nature of the wall pulling the lathingr away from its support.

in the drawings, forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views s-Figurc 1 illustrates a fragmentary perspective view showing the wall t'tHlStllIUllOll. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 29 of Fig. i. Fig. 3 is a vertical section therethrough, Fig. 4' is a side view of the reinforce and frame therefor.

The combined reinforce and frame therefor embodies lathing 5 of well known and common stock material, such as wire or other foraminous material which, when embedded in the plastic material, will operate to hold the same rigid. The lathing is to be made, as is obvious, of lengths of a size to meet the particular demand and according to the size of the wall to be constructed, and as illustrated, the frame is constructed of companion vertical side members of T- form having; the web portions 9 arranged in l l l l l i l opposing relation and relatively adjustable through the medium of the clamping bolts 10. Any number of the vertical side members can be employed and spaced at the required intervals according to the size of the. wall to be constructed. The side members to the right, as shown in Figs. 1 and'2 of the. drawings, have their outwardly extending; portions of'the webs 9 mounted in a correspondingly formed kerf or recess 11 in the vertical member A of the door frame 12, the inwardly extending portions of the Webs being interposed between the extensions B of the door frame members C and housed thereby. The flanges 8 of the vertical member at the right in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings are secured to the member A of the door frame by fastening devices 13, such as screws, bolts or other well known fastening devices. The said vertical side members are offset from each other at their upper and lower ends to receive the web portions 17 of the upper and lower members 17 and 18 respectively, each being identical in construction, and as shown, they are arranged with their web portions toward each other. The base flange 17 of the lower member 18 is secured by the fastening 16 to the floor 14-. The base flanges 1'? of the upper member 17 are secured to the ceiling beam 15.

The companion elements of the vertical side members and the elements 1.7 and 18 constitute the supporting frame, and as clearly illustrated,each element of the frame is identically constructed and the cost of production of the frame is therefore matcrially cheapened in view of the fact that it (an be constructed in its entirety of stock material. The lathing 5 is interposed be tween the upper and lower and vertical side members respectively of the frame, and as shown, the vertical edges are interposed be tween the vertical webs 9 of the side members and secured therein by fastening bolts 10/ The offset portions at the upper and lower ends of the. vertical members are perforated, as shown, the perforations are in coincidence with similar perforations in the webs 1'!" of the up 21' and lower members 17 and 18 of the frame and these perforations receive the fastening bolts 18. The frame and lathing respectively are em ployed for the purpose of furnishing, rigid ity to the plastic wall and to brace the same and to hold it against possible lateral sagging. The frame in no way supports r l l the base web porlions 0f the lower member 1.8. The horizontal members 17 and .18 01'' the frame securely reinforce and s1 rcngthen lne vertical members of the frame and l'hey 211d materially 1n holdmg the vertical memhers against bending under the 10ml of the 1% mnerele wall.

1 elaim:-

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In lvsllmony whereof l uflix my signature in ])X( '(H(( (if lwe WHIWSSOS.

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